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Transcarpathian Academy of Arts
Community of Communities
Stvorinnya Group – CONVERSATION STVORINNYA
25 September 2025, Double Room, Intourist-Zakarpattia Hotel.

STVORINNYA GROUP – Maria-Gabriella Fediaieva, Masha Pelishenko, Vitalina Boikiv, and Svitlana Zapryliuk form a new-generation art collective. The collective was established in 2023 in Uzhhorod, Transcarpathia, where its members live and work. Together, they experiment with painting, graphics, installation, media art (new media), and performance. What unites them is a shared desire for personal expression.
The collective develops both individual and social themes, engaging with issues of identity, the human being in society, and inter-social and inter-gender relations, among others. They also address urban challenges: in the performance Overlapping the Uzh River (2024, Uzh River, Uzhhorod), the artists critically opposed the illegal development of Uzhhorod and the destruction of architectural heritage by developers.
In their first exhibition Maruda (Red Bar Yama, Intourist-Zakarpattia Hotel, Uzhhorod), the group presented their personal stories as distinct “narrative objects” – the problems they wished to raise, the concerns of each member, and their self-explorations of war, childhood, memory, trauma, lived experiences, and processes of becoming. Maria-Gabriella Fediaieva, Masha Pelishenko, Vitalina Boikiv, and Svitlana Zapryliuk are also part of the formation Nemozhlyvo povtoryty (“Impossible to Repeat,” new media) and of Photinus Studio. The members of the collective currently study at the Transcarpathian Academy of Arts.

The SNRA residence draws attention to the role of culture and art during the russian-Ukrainian war, aims to implement institutionally critical projects related to cultural heritage (tangible and intangible), and facilitate the development of artistic-cultural institutions. Participation in the STVORINNYA GROUP is part of the cooperation with the Transcarpathian Art Academy. The SNRA residency program, the Community of Communities project and STVORINNYA GROUP’s participation are funded by the Swedish Institute in the frame of its Ukraine Cooperation Programme.

Photo documentation of the performance-media-presentation the Stvorinnya Group – ‘Conversation Stvorinnya’, performance duration – 22 min. 03 sec., Double Room 1114, Intourist-Zakarpattia Hotel, Uzhhorod, 3 October 2025. Photo credit: Petro Ryaska.

Photo documentation of the presentation and event.
Photo credit: Petro Ryaska